The project's challenge is in its context. Not only is it located in the center of Tokyo's business district and near one of Tokyo's biggest train stations, it also needs to address dense and diverse populations.
We are accustomed to burial ceremonies that are generally distanced  and isolated from our active daily lives- cemeteries are often separated and segregated from the city, allowing solitude at the burial ceremony.
Despite the desire to dig graves in the ground and as such cultivate silence isolated from the city, we have in contrast selected to raise the graves and other functionalities above ground. The background of burying and visiting the dead encourages solitude, there is also a perspective - that we are in the cycle of life, with the dead honored within the city- reminding us that the city is all inclusive.